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by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A brief biography of Kunga Palden (1878–1944), one of the main disciples of Orgyen Tendzin Norbu (1841–1900), from whom he is said to have inherited the 'practice lineage' (while Khenpo Shenga inherited the lineage of study). Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the biography's author, received instruction on tsa-lung yoga and Lama Yangtik from Kunga Palden and also benefitted from the master's kindness after being scalded in a childhood accident.
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Freedom from All Adversity: A Sur Offering to Harmful Influences, Obstacle-Makers and Elemental Spirits | Offering
by Mipham Rinpoche
A popular sur (gsur) text, for dedicating burnt offerings to spirits and obstacle-makers in order to eliminate adversity, which Mipham composed following a dream. Read text >
Aspiration to Be Reborn at the Vajra Seat (Bodhgayā), Akaniṣṭha on Earth | Aspiration Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In this prayer, composed at Bodhgayā, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959) praises the features of the place Tibetans call the Vajra Seat (rdo je gdan), by comparing it to a celestial realm, and aspires to be reborn there in future lives. Read text >
Advice for Gelong Jampa Dargye | Advice
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
Pithy verses of counsel covering the entire path, which Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal (1871–1926) composed for the bhikṣu Jampa Dargye at Lhodrak Kharchu. Read text >
Brilliant Rays of Light: A Commentary on the Praise to Tārā | Tārā
by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen
The Sakya patriarch Drakpa Gyaltsen's (1147–1216) influential, word-by-word commentary to Praise to Tārā with Twenty-One Verses of Homage, one of the most commonly recited texts in Tibetan Buddhism. Read text >
Highlights from archive
Aspiration for the Stages of the Path | Lamrim
by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa
This very short prayer of aspiration, just seven quatrains long, focuses on accomplishing the stages of the path (lamrim) as a means to benefit all beings. Read text >
A Song of Amazement Inspired by Practice Experience | Meditation
by Sera Khandro
This song of amazement originates in a vision that Sera Khandro had while staying in retreat at Nyimalung in Amdo at the age of twenty-nine. The text is her response to the spirits and demons who appeared to her and asked what she was doing. Read text >
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* Lotsāwa ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་; lo tsā ba n. Title used for native Tibetan translators who worked together with Indian scholars (or paṇḍitas) to translate major buddhist texts into Tibetan from Sanskrit and other Asian languages; it is said to derive from lokacakṣu, literally "eyes of the world". See also paṇḍita.
